KIA RIO

Since 2000 of release

Repair and car operation

1.10. Components of system of pillows of safety

THE GENERAL DATA

The main components of system SRS are:

      – A pillow of safety for the driver, located in a steering wheel and a pillow of safety for the forward passenger, located in the panel of devices;
      – The diagnostic system which is constantly watching work of system SRS;
      – The control lamp signalling about possible malfunctions of pillows of safety;
      – The spare source of the electric power necessary in case of switching-off of basic power supplies at failure.

In case the car is equipped by safety pillows, on a steering wheel and the panel of devices there is an inscription "SRS AIR BAG".

AS THE SAFETY PILLOW WORKS

The pillow of safety of the driver is in the steering wheel centre. The pillow of safety of the passenger is over a ware box of the panel of devices. If there will be a strong head-on collision, the safety pillow will instantly reveal and will protect from serious wound. There is no rigidly established speed at which the safety pillow will reveal. Safety pillows are projected on disclosing at strong front blows. The additional system of safety - SRS - reacts to force of blow and its direction. These two factors define, whether will transmit gauges an electronic signal to pillow disclosing. Disclosing of a pillow of safety depends on variety of factors, especially speeds of the car, a blow corner, and also a pliability and mutual смятия cars or other subjects to which there was a collision.

The safety pillow completely will reveal and will develop for time, smaller, than the one tenth fraction of a second. Fast disclosing and folding allow the driver to keep the control over the car. It is especially important at collisions after which the car continues to move, and it is necessary, that the driver continued to operate a movement direction, brakes, a pedal of an accelerator and a transmission. It is almost impossible to see, how the pillow reveals during collision. That the pillow of safety during strong collision has given reliable protection, it should be immediately opened. Speed of filling of a pillow air has been established by corresponding laws so that to lower probability of occurrence of serious and life-threatening traumas and is a determinative at system designing.

Thus, the pillow of safety can cause a small wound, for example, scratches on the person, bruises and crises. However there are also such conditions at which the pillow of safety of a steering wheel can cause a mortal wound, especially when the person is too close to a steering wheel.

FOR DECREASE IN DANGER OF WOUND OR THE DEADLY OUTCOME IN CASE OF FAILURE IT IS NECESSARY TO SIT AS IT IS POSSIBLE FURTHER FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AND ALWAYS IS IN CONVENIENT POSITION FOR DRIVING.

The wounds caused by a pillow of safety

Sit down in the car as it is possible further from a steering wheel, however so that all elements of management were in a reach zone. To sit very close near a steering wheel means that you are endangered serious or a mortal wound in case of disclosing of a pillow of safety.

Never place any subjects on a covering of a pillow or among themselves and a safety pillow. Because of speed and force of disclosing of a pillow can happen that flying subjects can cause serious or a mortal wound.

Noise and smoke

When the safety pillow reveals, it publishes a loud sound, and in the car there is a dust and a smoke. It is the normal phenomenon resulting a shot of a pyrotechnic cartridge of a pillow of safety.

After disclosing of a pillow of safety as a result of smoke and dust inhalation, it should be felt сдавленность breath.

WE URGENTLY RECOMMEND TO OPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER COLLISION DOORS AND WINDOWS. IT YOU WILL LOWER DISCOMFORT AND PREVENT THE FURTHER INHALATION OF THE SMOKE AND THE DUST.

When the safety pillow will reveal, its filling elements in a steering wheel and the panel of devices very hot. For the purpose of avoidance of traumas do not touch right after collisions metal details around a compartment of a pillow of safety.

IMPORTANCE OF CORRECT LANDING OF THE PASSENGER ON THE FORWARD SEAT

The pillow of safety of the forward passenger much more, than a pillow of safety of the driver also reveals with much bigger force. It can is serious or even is deadly to injure the passenger who sitting in wrong position and has been not fastened by a seat belt. The passenger should as it is possible to remove further a seat and to lean about a seat back.

The reason because of which the passenger on a forward seat should be fastened, that is that almost each collision is preceded by the sharp braking, tending to move the person forward. If the passenger will not fasten, it can directly appear before a revealing pillow of safety or even will concern it. In this case the passenger can receive serious or even a deadly trauma.

Because of a safety pillow NEVER it is impossible to ESTABLISH the CHILDREN'S ARMCHAIR the BACK IN the MOVEMENT DIRECTION ON the FORWARD SEAT of the PASSENGER. There is a considerable danger serious or even deadly травмирования the child a revealing pillow of safety on the right forward seat. Also insistently it is recommended not to establish on a forward seat of the passenger a children's armchair the person in a movement direction. If all the same it is necessary to establish there it, remove the right forward seat as it is possible further back. In case of disclosing of a pillow of safety the child sitting incorrectly or incorrectly fastened, can receive serious or even a deadly trauma.

LATERAL PILLOWS OF SAFETY

On the car lateral pillows for each of forward seats are established. Their appointment is maintenance of additional protection of the driver and / or the forward passenger at failure in comparison with the protection provided only with seat belts. Disclosing of lateral pillows occurs only at lateral blows, depending on their force, a direction, speed and a blow place. Lateral pillows reveal not at all lateral blows.

For the maximum protection by lateral pillows at lateral collisions the driver and the forward passenger, should be reliably fastened seat belts, and backs of their seats should be in vertical position. Hands of the driver should settle down on a steering wheel in position on 3 and 9 hours. Hands and palms of the passenger should settle down in the places intended for them.

Do not use additional rugs on seats. Use of rugs for seats can reduce a system effectiveness of air cushions. Do not establish any subjects or adaptations near to air cushions.

Do not make excessive effort lateral surfaces of forward seats. Have no any subjects over air cushions or between air cushions and sitting people.

Have no any subjects (an umbrella, a portfolio, a bag etc.) between a forward door and a forward seat. These subjects can represent danger and lead to traumas at disclosing of system of lateral air cushions.

Use exclusively original spare parts KIA for repair or replacement of the damaged upholstery. The client or the dealer established on forward seats covers or using at replacement of an upholstery stereotyped spare parts KIA, should be warned about danger of using the car with the lateral pillows of safety closed not by a factory material.

At the reference to authorised dealer КИА or in other competent service, specify that the car is equipped by lateral pillows of safety on each of forward seats.